Bedstead and like joint



E. V. LOUKES.

BEDSTEAD AND LIKE JOINT.

APPLICATION FILE D NOV- 15: i921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

stress raria @FFTQE ERNEST V. LO'UKES, OF BRIGHTON, MELBOURNE, VICTOR-IA, AUSTBA LIAV IBEDSTEAD AND LIKE JOINT.

Laid. T @445.

To all 107mm may concern 1 Be it known that I, ERNns'r Viuam'rirrn LOUKES, a subject of the King of Great Britain and lrelandfand a resident of the city of Brighton, a suburb of the city oi Melbourne, in the county of Bourke, State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, whose post-office address is 26 Young fitreet, 1n the postal district of Middle Brighton, have invented a certain new and useful Improved Bedstead and like Joint, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to devices for attaching wire mattresses to the vertical posts or end members of bedsteads.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved device especially designed for the purpose mentioned but also appllcable to other analogous uses where two abuttmg members need to be detachably united at right angles to each other. The chief advantages of the invention are cheapness and simplicity combined with strength, ease of application, compactness, absence of sharp or rough edges liable to tear bedclothes, and elimination of loose parts which are likely to'become mislaid or lost during transit.

" Referring to the drawings which form part of this specification Figure 1 is a: perspective view showing the invention applied to a bedstead.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of a metal yoke according to the invention.

Figure 3 shows a catch which may be used in conjunction with the yoke seen in Figure 2.

Figure 4 shows a slightly modified form of yoke.

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate convenient modes of applying the yoke seen in Fig ure 4.

The invention includes a metal yoke constructed preferably of a fiat metal strip bent to a substantially U shapein plan, thus forming two opposite legs 2' united by an integral bridge portion 3. In side elevation the legs 2 are preferably curved or bent as shown so that they are inclined downwardly from their extremities 4: towards the bridge portion 3. As seen in Figures 1 and 2 said bridge portion of the yoke may be twisted in relation to'the two legs thereof so that the bridge portion. lies fiat beneath the mattress rail.

The yoke is pivoted at its open end to the Specification of Letters Patent. Patented BTZEH'. 28, 12922 Application filed November 15, 1921. Serial No. 515,386. l

vertical post or end member 6 of the bed or the likeby a transverse pivot pin or bolt 7 which passes through the post and through opposite holes 9 formed to receive it in the ends of thelegs 2. i a

In combination with the yoke seen in Figures 1 and 2, a .co-operating catchlO (Figure 3) is secured tothe underneath surface of the mattress rail 11 or the like as in Figure 1. This catch preferably consists of a flat metal plate adapted to be screwed to the mattress rail by screws passing through the holes 12, and having one end turned down to form a hook as at 13. This hook is adapted to engage the twisted or flat bridge of the yoke as in Figure 1 when the device is in use.

Instead of employing the catch plate and tWlStlIlg'Ol flattening the bridge portion of the yoke as in Figures 1' to. 3, it will be evident that the yokemay be formed as seen in Figure 4 inwhich case the bridge portion of the yoke may engage either a transverse groove or recess 14 formed in the lower surface of the mattress rail as in Figure 6, or

the end ofa wooden or other cleat 16 which is secured to the bottom of the mattress rail as in Figure 5.

To detachably unite a vertical and a horizontal. element such as a bed post and mat tress rail, according to the invention, the mattress rail is placed with its end adjoining gaged with the hooked catch plate "or with bottom of the mattress rail as in Figures 5 and 6. The rail isthus accommodated between the two legs of the yoke with its end face abutting against the bed post. By thus attaching each corner of the mattress it is firmly secured to the posts or end members the respective bed post the yoke being then swung upwardly so that its bridgeis en w...

' ends of the legsthereo'f pivotally connected to opposite sides o'f the bed post substantially in line with the upper edge of the rail, the yoke including a bridge portion uniting said legs remote from the pivotalmounting, said bridge portion being adapted to underlie the mattress rail with the legs snugly fitting the sides of saidrail, and means whereby the rail is interlocked with the bridge piece to prevent relative outward movement of the rail with respect to the bed post.

2.. The combination with bed posts and mattress rails of a bed structure, of a substantially U-shaped yoke having the free ends of the legs thereof pivotally connected to opposite sides of the bed post substantially in line with the upper edge of the rail, the yoke including a bridge portion uniting said legs remote from the pivotal mounting and adapted to underlie the mattress rail with thelegs snugly fitting the sides of said rail and a catch of hook form adapted to be secured to the 'under-surface of the mattress rail and to receive the bridge portion of the yoke to interlock said bridge portion with the mattress rail.

In testimony whereof I my signature.

E. V. LOUKES.

Witness:

CECIL V. Ln ELESTRECS. 

